GOP Likely To Keep Pressure On Obama Over Controversies
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It's All Politics
Logic Behind Obama News Conference Hard To Fathom()
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NPR Ombudsman
Mideast Report: January — March 2013()
April 18, 2013 An independent review of NPR's Mideast coverage by former foreign editor John Felton. He found the coverage to be generally accurate and balanced, but chided NPR for relying too much on Washington-based experts to explain events in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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Coughing And The Meaning Of Art()
April 5, 2013 There's a lot of coughing in audiences at concerts and plays. Why? Commentator Alva Noe suggests that the answer has something to do with the importance of art.
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Mind And Matter: Confessions Of A Perplexed Soul()
April 3, 2013 What can we say about how the brain creates our sense of self? A lot and yet surprisingly little, as it turns out. Commentator Marcelo Gleiser ponders the many challenges scientists face to make sense of our mind.
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How Close Is Doomsday?()
April 2, 2013 Are you one of the last humans who will ever live? Commentator Adam Frank takes us through the famous Doomsday Argument and what it means.
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
Should All Women Heed Author's Advice To 'Lean In'?()
April 2, 2013 Sheryl Sandberg's new book on women and ambition has some critics wondering what a top tech industry executive can really tell the average American woman. Commentator Tania Lombrozo argues that not all books by women and for women need to be for all women.
